THE ANDHRA PRADESH LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ACT, 2005 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1.  Short title. 
2.  Definitions. 
3.  Creation of Legislative Council for Andhra Pradesh. 
4.  Amendment of Third Schedule and Fourth Schedule of Act 43 of 1950. 
5.  Amendment of section 15A of Act 43 of 1951. 

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THE ANDHRA PRADESH LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ACT, 2005 

ACT NO. 1 OF 2006 

[11th January, 2006.] 

An Act to provide for the creation of Legislative Council for the State of Andhra Pradesh and for 

matters supplemental, incidental and consequential thereto. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Act, 2005. 

2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, each of the words and expressions 
used herein and not defined but defined in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), shall 
have the same meaning as in that Act. 

3. Creation of Legislative Council for Andhra Pradesh.—(1) As from such date1as the President 
may by order appoint, there shall be a Legislative Council for the State of Andhra Pradesh; and as from 
that  date,  in  sub-clause  (a)  of clause (1)  of  article  168,  after  the  words  “States of”, the  words  “Andhra 
Pradesh,”, shall be inserted. 

(2) In the said Council, there shall be 90 seats of which— 

(a) the numbers to be filled by persons elected by the electorates referred to in sub-clauses (a), (b) 

and (c) of clause (3) of article 171 shall be 31, 8 and 8 respectively; 

(b)  the  number  to  be  filled  by  persons  elected  by  the  members  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of 
Andhra Pradesh in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause (d) of the said clause shall be 31; and 

(c)  the  number  to  be  filled  by  persons  nominated  by  the  Governor  of  Andhra  Pradesh  in 

accordance with the provisions of sub-clause (e) of that clause shall be 12. 

(3) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the President, after consultation with the 

Election Commission, shall, by order, determine— 

(a) the constituencies into which the State of Andhra Pradesh shall be divided for the purpose of 
elections to the said Council under each of the sub-clauses (a), (b) and (c) of clause (3) of article 171; 

(b) the extent of each constituency; and 

(c) the number of seats to be allotted to each constituency. 

(4) As soon as may be after such determination, steps shall be taken to constitute the said Council in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) and 
the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951). 

4. Amendment of Third Schedule and Fourth Schedule of Act 43 of 1950.—In the Representation 

of the People Act, 1950,— 

(a)  in  the  Third  Schedule,  before  entry  No.  2  relating  to  Bihar,  the  following  entry  shall  be 

inserted, namely:— 

“1.  Andhra Pradesh 

90 

31 

8 

8 

31 

12”; 

1. 30th March, 2007, (Legislative Council for Andhra Pradesh come to existence), vide notification No. G.S.R. 262(E), dated 

30th March, 2007, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).  

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(b) in the Fourth Schedule, before the heading “BIHAR”, the following heading and entries shall 

be inserted, namely:— 

“ANDHRA PRADESH 

1. Municipal Corporations. 

2. Municipalities. 

3. Nagar Panchayats. 

4. Cantonment Boards. 

5. ZilaPraja Parishads. 

6. Mandal Praja Parishads.”. 

5.  Amendment  of  section  15A  of  Act  43  of  1951.—In  section  15A  of  the  Representation  of  the 
People  Act,  1951,  for  the  words  and  figures  “under  the  Legislative  Councils  Act,  1957”  (37of  1957),        
the words and figures “under the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Act, 2005” shall be substituted. 

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